SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team continues Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition this weekend with road matches 6 p.m. Friday against Seton Hill University and 6 p.m. Saturday versus California (Pa.).
 
MATCH 17 DETAILS
Opponent: Seton Hill University
Date: Friday – 6 p.m.
Location: Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Venue: McKenna Center
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: SHU leads 19-12
Last Played: Aug. 29, 2026 (SHU won 3-0)
 
Live Coverage
• Live Stats  |  Provided by Seton Hill
• Live Streaming Video  |  Provided by Seton Hill
• X (formerly Twitter)  |  In-game updates and highlights
 
Series History
While Seton Hill holds a 19-12 record against The Rock all-time, SHU and SRU have split the season series over the last four years with each team winning on its respective home courts during the stretch. The Griffins defeated The Rock in three sets (25-17, 25-13, 25-16) earlier in the season at the Storm Volleyball Classic in what was a rare non-conference match between the two PSAC West foes.
 
MATCH 18 DETAILS
Opponent: California (Pa.)
Date: Saturday – 6 p.m.
Location: California, Pennsylvania
Venue: Convocation Center
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Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: Cal leads 51-36-1
Last Played: Oct. 31, 2025 (Cal won 3-2)
 
Live Coverage
• Live Stats  |  Provided by California
• Live Streaming Video  |  Provided by California
• X (formerly Twitter)  |  In-game updates and highlights
 
Series History
Slippery Rock has won six of its last seven matches against the Vulcans to trim California's record in the series, which traces back to 1979, to 51-36-1. A year ago, The Rock and California traded home wins with SRU earning a victory at Morrow Field House in four sets and the Vulcans countering with a five-set win at the Convocation Center.

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 5-11
PSAC West: 0-5
PSAC West Standings: 8th
Home Record: 2-5
Away Record: 1-3
Neutral Site Record: 2-3
Streak: L7
Last 5 Matches: 0-5
Head Coach: Dylan Lasher | 2nd season at SRU (15-28) | 6th overall (60-89)
 
LAST TIME OUT (Box Score)
Slippery Rock played Gannon, which at the time was receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, tight for the first set before the Golden Knights pulled away for the 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-9) win.
 
ROCK LEADERS
ATTACK: Marley Annis (131 kills / .152), Ava Haynes (105 kills, .106)
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause (259 / 5.08 per set), Emily Loeffler (116 / 3.52 per set)
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs (18), Leah Schreckengost (11)
DIGS: Kara Pasquale (197 / 3.79 per set)
BLOCKS: Victoria Nalbach (26), Chloe Shirk (17)
 
ROCK SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: Marley Annis – 18 at Lake Erie
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause – (2x)
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs – 5 at Lake Erie
DIGS: Kara Pasquale – 25 (2x)
BLOCKS: Victoria Nalbach – 5 (2x)
 
ROCK TEAM SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: 56 at Lake Erie
ATTACK %: .286 vs. Post
ASSISTS: 56 at Lake Erie
ACES: 11 at Lake Erie
DIGS: 73 at Lake Erie
BLOCKS: 8 at Lake Erie
 
 HOW THE ROCK STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 15th (.125)
• Opponent Attack %: 16th (.220)
• Kills Per Set: 14th (10.8)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 15th (12.8)
• Aces Per Set: 15th (1.3)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 4th (1.2)
• Digs Per Set: 12th (14.2)
• Blocks Per Set: 15th (1.3)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 15th (2.1)
 
SRU AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Kills Per Set: Marley Annis (2.98) – 8th
Digs Per Set: Kara Pasquale (3.79) – 11th
Assists Per Set: Paityn Krause (5.08) – 15th

PRODUCTION OF LATE
• 21 Rock athletes (95.5 percent of the active roster) have played at least one set over SRU's last five matches.
 
• Ava Haynes (26), Marley Annis (21), Hayden Deming (20), Victoria Nalbach (19) and Gwen McCarthy (19) have been SRU's attack leaders in the last two weeks.
 
• Paityn Krause has distributed 74 assists and served four aces over the stretch – both of which are team-highs – in addition to being one of four SRU athletes with over 20 digs (22) alongside Haynes (26), Kara Pasquale (34) and Ellie Friedrichs (32).
 
• Seven of Ali Haynes' 13 kills in 2026 have come in SRU's last three matches. Likewise, Sidney Stevenson made 13 of her 15 digs on the year in last weekend's matches against Edinboro and Gannon.

THE ROCK ATTACK IN 2026
• Entering the weekend, Marley Annis (131) and Ava Haynes (105) have both eclipsed 100 kills for the year, securing career-highs in the process. Annis' 2.98 kills per set rank eighth in the PSAC, while her .152 attack percentage is also the best on SRU among The Rock's outside hitters.
  
• Emry Rumbaugh enters the Seton Hill match third on the team in kills with 75.
 
• Slippery Rock is 5-3 on the year when either Annis, Haynes or Rumbaugh reaches a double-digit kill total, but 0-8 when they are held under 10 kills.
 
• Supplementing Slippery Rock's attack have been Victoria Nalbach, Hayden Deming and Gwen McCarthy. SRU's top middle hitter, Nalbach sits at 60 kills on a .233 attack percentage. Deming and McCarthy meanwhile have combined for 86 kills with 45 and 41, respectively.
 
• Ellie Friedrichs (18), Leah Schreckengost (11) and Paityn Krause (11) have been The Rock's top servers this season in terms of aces.
 
• Setting duties of late have been distributed between Krause and Emily Loeffler.
 
• Krause has started 14 of 16 matches on the way to totaling 259 assists (5.08 per set). Loeffler has distributed 116 assists (3.52 per set) in her first 13 collegiate matches.
 
DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING
• Nalbach leads The Rock in blocks with 23 (6 solo / 17 assisted).
 
• Another member of The Rock's talented freshmen class, Chloe Shirk has made 12 consecutive starts. She has produced all 16 of her blocks in 2026 over those starts.
 
• Rumbaugh (16), Haynes (14) and Annis (11) have all reached double-digit block totals as well.
 
• Kara Pasquale, who the only SRU athlete to have played all 52 sets this season, has made a Rock-high 197 digs and is 11th in the PSAC in digs per set (3.79).
 
UPCOMING MILESTONES
• Kara Pasquale: 134 digs from 1,000
• Kara Pasquale: 7 aces from 50
• Marley Annis: 90 digs from 400
• Marley Annis: 36 kills from 300
• Emry Rumbaugh: 48 kills from 300
• Emry Rumbaugh: 25 blocks from 100
• Ava Haynes: 9 kills from 200
• Ava Haynes: 2 blocks from 50
• Victoria Nalbach: 29 kills from 200
• Victoria Nalbach: 3 blocks from 100
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 17 kills from 200
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 6 blocks from 50
• Gwen McCarthy: 21 kills from 200
• Abby Kolcum: 8 assists from 100
• Emily Loeffler: 84 assists from 200
• Hayden Deming: 41 kills from 100
• Paityn Krause: 3 aces from 50
• Addison Jones: 7 blocks from 50
 
NEXT FIVE MATCHES
Oct. 13 (6 p.m.) vs. D'Youville
Oct. 16 (6 p.m.) at Clarion
Oct. 23 (6 p.m.) vs. Pitt-Johnstown
Oct. 24 (6 p.m.) at IUP
Oct. 30 (6 p.m.) at Edinboro
 
RECORDS WATCH
Assists (12-16)
12. Sarah Cybulski (2001-02): 1,300
13. Stephanie Kluge (1999-02): 1,171
14. Paityn Krause (Active): 1,042
15. Alexandra Fleagle (2010-13): 885
16. Michele Shatto (1994-97): 822
 
Digs (17-20)
17. Kaylee Smith (2008-11): 1,284
18. Andrea Hoover (1995-98): 1,194
19. Lindsay Weber (2002-05): 1,169
20. Layna Heilman-Houser (2002-05): 1,163
NR. Kara Pasquale (Active): 866
 
SETON HILL PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 9-6
PSAC West: 2-3
PSAC West Standings: 5th
Home Record: 3-2
Away Record: 3-3
Neutral Site Record: 3-1
Streak: W2
Last 5 Matches: 2-3
Head Coach: Cassidy Snyder| 1st season at SHU (9-6)
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 3: California (W, 3-1)
Oct. 2: Pitt-Johnstown (W, 3-2)
Sept. 26: Gannon (L, 3-1)
Sept. 25: Edinboro (L, 3-1)
Sept. 18: IUP (L, 3-0)
 
 HOW SHU STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 10th (.182)
• Opponent Attack %: 9th (.168)
• Kills Per Set: 3rd (13.1)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 5th (10.5)
• Aces Per Set: 14th (1.7)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 3rd (1.2)
• Digs Per Set: 8th (15.5)
• Blocks Per Set: 11th (1.6)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 12th (2.0)
 
GRIFFIN LEADERS
ATTACK: Catie Flohr (299 kills / .259), Maddie Sout (143 kills, .093)
ASSISTS: Mallory Meinen (501 / 11.13 per set)
ACES: Flohr (22)
DIGS: Kendyl Wagner (291 / 4.85 per set)
BLOCKS: Emma Meurer (49), Flohr (27)
 
CALIFORNIA PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 7-12
PSAC West: 1-4
PSAC West Standings: 7th
Home Record: 3-2
Away Record: 2-6
Neutral Site Record: 2-4
Streak: L4
Last 5 Matches: 1-4
Head Coach: Audrey Emerich | 3rd season at Cal (29-43)
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 6: Ohio Dominican (L, 3-)
Oct. 3: Seton Hill (L, 3-1)
Oct. 2: IUP (L, 3-0)
Sept. 29: Walsh (L, 3-1)
Sept. 26: Edinboro (W, 3-2)
 
 HOW CAL STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 9th (.186)
• Opponent Attack %: 15th (.217)
• Kills Per Set: 12th (11.6)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 16th (14.5)
• Aces Per Set: 14th (1.3)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 3rd (1.5)
• Digs Per Set: 8th (16.0)
• Blocks Per Set: 10th (1.6)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 3rd (1.6)
 
VULCAN LEADERS
ATTACK: Olivia Weiserman (211 kills / .210), Lindsey Scammell (129 kills / .373)
ASSISTS: Molly Smiddy (340 / 5.15), Gracen Hartman (207 / 3.38)
ACES: Tori Newton (22), Abby Tucker (18)
DIGS: Newton (287 / 4.63 per set)
BLOCKS: Scammell (45), Riley Evans (30)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock steps outside the PSAC West portion of its schedule for a final time in 2026 when it hosts D'Youville University 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at Morrow Field House.






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